Acts 27:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 27:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἣν
hós
G3739
who
ἄραντες
aírō
G142
to raise up
βοηθείαις
boḗtheia
G996
help
ἐχρῶντο
chráomai
G5530
to borrow
ὑποζωννύντες
hypozṓnnymi
G5269
to undergird
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
πλοῖον
ploîon
G4143
ship
φοβούμενοί
phobéō
G5399
to fear
τε
té
G5037
and
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
Σύρτιν
sýrtis
G4950
Syrtis
ἐκπέσωσιν
ekpíptō
G1601
to fall away
χαλάσαντες
chaláō
G5465
to relax
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
σκεῦος
skeûos
G4632
vessel
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
ἐφέροντο
phérō
G5342
to carry
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
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King James Version Public Domain
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
which having hoisted up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall into the Syrtis, lowering the gear, thus they were being driven along.
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